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Brown colouration of phaeophyceae is due to excess

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a

Fucoxanthin

b

Zeaxanthin

c

Phycoerythrin

d

Lycopene

answer is A.

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Phaeophyceae members possess chlorophyll-a,c, carotenoids and xanthophylls. They may vary in colour from olive green to different shades of brown depending upon the amount of xanthophyll pigments. Brown colour of these algae is due to the presence of fucoxanthin. It masks green colour of chlorophyll –a, c.

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